One of the most ambitious and exacting
rephotography surveys ever undertaken

A stirring combination of photography
and history, Double Take presents more than seventy
photographic pairs, each one a distinctive "then" and
"now" view of the same exact scene, spanning a near-century
of change in downtown Madison, Wisconsin. Presented side-by-side
and spanning decades, the dramatic transformations comprise one
of the most ambitious and original rephotography surveys ever
undertaken.

In unprecedented
scope and detail, celebrated Wisconsin photographer Zane Williams
has precisely replicated the original views of an earlier Madison
photographer, Angus McVicar, who first shot these locales from
the 1920s to the 1950s. The result is a treasure trove of historic
and contemporary images and an uncanny testament to the changes
over time in a unique American city.

Sometimes startling
in their revelations of loss and gain, of progress and decay,
these evocative photographic pairings dare us to look again and
again at the nature of time and place. The seeming inevitability
of change and the often confounding unpredictability of public
taste in our physical surroundings are captured in these documentary
still images, moments frozen in the rushing stream of time.

Zane Williams, a Wisconsin native, has lived in Madison
since 1967. His acclaimed book of photographs entitled Wisconsin
appeared in 1993 and, in 1998, his image of a Wisconsin farm
was selected for the U.S. Postal Service stamp marking the Wisconsin
Sesquicentennial. His photographs have been published nationally
and internationally in a wide variety of magazines, journals,
and books.

Zane Williamshas been honored with Outstanding Achievement recognition
by the Wisconsin Library Association Literary Awards committee
for his book Double Take: A Rephotographic Survey of Madison.